Woohooo!!!!!

On a truly geek note, I finally managed to find the holy grail of discontinued software.

This elusive bit of code is called yz dock, and was created as a OS X style docking toolbar for Windows XP. Unfortunately due to a cease and desist order from Apple computers, development was halted.

It is a touch buggy in places, however 95% of the functionality of it is flawless. I love this program, and I love the fact that it allows me to have a nearly empty desktop, and allows me full access to whatever program I wish when I am running tempermental programs that lock up your desktop through their functioning (namely Bryce 5).

Oh, and did I mention it was free?

If you can find it out there (and I have found it here http://www.freewebs.com/dj_sol/yz_dck0083.zip ) in web land give it a whirl. You will not be disappointed. One point of warning though...it only works on XP as far as I know. If I get bored in class some night I will give it a go under Windows 2003 Server. Judging by the way my classes have been going for the last few weeks, that may be very soon.

An introduction for you all....

I had a grumpy kitty.

At least she was for a while. I finally relieved that situation by coaxing her to sit up on my computer desk. She's quiet now, and purring her little heart out. She is also entranced by the magical appearance of letters on the computer screen. I have never successfully managed to explain computer science to my feline. All she really knows about the situation is that sometimes that weird box on Dad's desk makes funny noises....and that I get really loud when something goes wrong with it.

But that's okay, in her world all that matters is that she is within perfect petting range of her human. I sometimes wish that the rest of life was that simple.

At any rate since I have my partner up here and in a cooperative mood, I would like to introduce you all to the Mighty Missy who helps supervise many of these postings.


For point of scale here...the laptop on the left is a 17 inch widescreen H&P, and the optical mouse by her paw is a Logitech MX700.

Yes, she is a big cat...and like many felines, cheerfully eccentric. But that's okay by me, I find normalcy to be a bit on the boring side anyway. Besides she also happens to be the coolest cat in the world.

But then again, I could be biased ;)